Retrieves objects or their associated metadata. Try it now or see an example .
The default
alt
parameter for this method is
media
, unlike the other Objects methods, which implies that you will download the actual media content rather than the metadata. To retrieve the metadata for the object instead, set the
alt
parameter to
json
: "
?alt=json
".
The authenticated user must have
READER
permissions on the object. To retrieve the
acl
property, the authenticated user must have
OWNER
permissions on the object.
Request
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1beta1/b/bucket/o/object
Parameters
| Parameter name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Required parameters | ||
bucket
|
string
|
Name of the bucket in which the object resides. |
object
|
string
|
Name of the object. |
| Optional parameters | ||
projection
|
string
|
Set of properties to return. Defaults to
no_acl
.
Acceptable values are:
|
Request body
Do not supply a request body with this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns an object resource in the response body.
Examples
Note: The code examples available for this method do not represent all supported programming languages (see the client libraries page for a list of supported languages).
Java
Uses the Java client library
Storage.Objects.Get getObject = storage.objects().get("mybucket", "myobject"); if (getMetadata == true) { getObject.setAlt("json"); // Temporary workaround. StorageObject object = getObject.execute(); } else { // Downloading data. ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); // If you're not in AppEngine, download the whole thing in one request, if possible. // NOTE: As of right now, this will not retry on retryable failure. // http://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client/issues/detail?id=579 getObject.getMediaHttpDownloader().setDirectDownloadEnabled(true); getObject.download(out); }
Ruby
Uses the Ruby client library
# Get a specific object from a bucket
bucket_get_result = client.execute(
api_method: storage.objects.get,
parameters: {bucket: BUCKET, object: OBJECT}
)
puts "Contents of #{OBJECT} in #{BUCKET}: "
puts bucket_get_result.body
Try it!
Use the APIs Explorer below to call this method on live data and see the response. Alternatively, try the standalone Explorer .